by Jamie Notter | Dec 1, 2011 | Books and Reading, Change
A few weeks ago, Maddie and I were interviewed about Humanize by Les McKeown. Les is a best-selling author of a book titled Predictable Success, and we were interviewed for his blog. I was really impressed with him during the interview. His questions were intelligent...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 25, 2011 | Books and Reading, Conflict
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury Penguin, 1981 This might be the oldest book that I’ve reviewed here on the blog–the original edition published in 1981. Yes. Thirty years ago. But this one truly is a...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 21, 2011 | Books and Reading, Humanize
In case you missed it, I got the cover on the September/October issue of Associations Now magazine with an article about the main concepts in Humanize. “We Are Not Machines” makes the basic argument for creating more human organizations, which is quite...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2011 | Books and Reading, Change
I have had the book Race for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations for a couple of months now, wanting to do a review here in the blog. I struggled a bit, though, because I am of two minds about the book. There is a lot in this book I really like. Coerver and...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 27, 2011 | Books and Reading, Culture
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide: Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change by Edgar Schein Jossey-Bass, 1999 Clients often come to me knowing that something needs to change in order to achieve better performance, but they just aren’t sure what. The specific answer...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 30, 2011 | Books and Reading
I am a big fan of Dan Pink’s writing, and the first book that grabbed me was A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. Growing up we were told the professions with the most status, respect, and earning potential were ones like...
